We have been asked to clarify that lack of insight and dishonesty about her actions were cited by the professional conduct panel as significant factors in its decision to ban Ruth Vaughan from teaching (“Teacher, 24, banned over her affair with teenager”, News, Feb 25, and Thunderer, Feb 26).

From The Times, March 4, 1915 The narrow strip between the hostile lines in the woods round Ypres almost defies description. If the reader can imagine what a wood would look like with most of the trees either felled altogether or half sawn through and lying with their tops on the ground; if he can

Sir, Rachel Sylvester argues that students should be taken out of net migration figures “since they are only here temporarily” (Opinion, Mar 3). Although we have insufficient evidence on what happens to overseas students after graduation, figures suggest than just under 200,000 people came here to

Sir, You report (Feb 27) that 7 per cent of hospital appointments last year were not attended. This overall figure disguises remarkably different behaviour between age groups. The non-attendance rates for more than 8,000 appointments at our chest clinics over the past two years reveal that 26 per

Sir, Thousands of heads now have greater control of their curriculum, budget and pay, enabling them to run their schools for the benefit of their own pupils. It is a true success story, demonstrated by a Department for Education report last year which said that autonomy was “helping [schools] raise

Sir, Let us hope that Richard Overy’s sensitive article (Feb 28) on the bombing of Dresden in February 1945 and his book The Bombing War will help to bring to an end a distressing subject of division and a source of lasting disillusionment among British veterans who deserved better treatment by

Five men have appeared in court accused of child sex offences in Rochdale. The accused were among ten men arrested following an ongoing police investigation into child sexual exploitation in the Greater Manchester town. Seven victims, some as young as 13, are alleged to have been subjected to a

Thousands of members of the so-called Moonies took part in a mass wedding at the South Korean headquarters of the Unification Church. Around 3,800 identically-dressed couples — mostly young and some who had met just days before — participated in the ceremony in Gapyeong, east of the capital Seoul.

We review the most memorable moments from the latest round of Barclays Premier League action, including great goals and controversial incidents. Peter Crouch claims the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history, Glenn Murray has mixed fortunes at Upton Park, and Wes Brown is